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Because soccer isn't gay, but once in awhile it kinda is.
Pride Across MLS
06/28/12
If there was any one day of the calendar that may be considered National Pride Day, today would be the day.
43 years ago this morning in New York City, the police raided the Stonewall Inn, an almost monthly occurrence in an age when morals codes led the force to bust into bars, line up patrons, and haul them off if they weren’t wearing the minimum number of articles of clothing deemed appropriate for their gender.
The June 28, 1969 raid was the last straw for so many. People rose up and hundreds rioted, at times violently. Christopher Street was choked with demonstrators for nights to come.
The modern-day gay rights movement had begun.
Soccer Ally List Members Top Several All Star Categories
06/27/12
The latest tally of Major League Soccer 2012 All Star Game fan voting is out and members of our Soccer Allies list top several categories:
- The top three players in text voting, Jimmy Nielsen, Chris Wondolowski, and Heath Pearce, are all allies.
- Wondolowski also tops the forwards list in online voting.
- Vancouver ally Jay DeMerit is the top defender so far in the online vote.
Fan voting for the MLS All Star Game Starting XI continues through Monday evening with results revealed July 8. Keep voting for LGBT-supportive players!
gay4soccer Strips for Pride Toronto
06/27/12
Several “red state” Major League Soccer teams have held pride night events in conjunction with their cities’ pride weeks, and it has some Toronto FC fans wondering, “If Kansas City and Houston can do it, why not us?”
TFC fan Paul Marhue digitally inked a pair of comic strips to express his feelings on Toronto FC’s lack of a pride night with a tooned out version of our Toronto correspondent John:
Portland vs. Seattle: A Timbers Recap
06/26/12
This weekend saw an emotional game for both sides of the I-5 corridor, especially for the Timbers. We had to get a win in our column or else things might have gone terribly for our organization. However, both teams spilled their heart and soul onto the pitch in a very feisty match.
I do like though the Tifo display that was shown for this match and I have to congratulate the Timbers Army for coming up with the artistic display.
Stand Up Foundation Launches Underwear Line
06/26/12
WARNING: Non-soccer content ahead.
But you can’t help but admire Ben Cohen, an English rugby player and World Cup medal-holder who has made his post-playing career all about standing up to bullying and for LGBT rights with his Stand Up Foundation.
This week the Foundation began taking pre-orders of a new underwear line, with proceeds benefiting the organization and ads featuring its founder modeling all of the available styles.
Ben is touring the USA right now for Pride season, so you can keep up with where he’s at and what events you can join him at via his Facebook and Twitter.
Please help support the Stand Up Foundation at their website and check out more of the promotional photos — along with a critical question — after the jump!
USWNT’s Rampone, Lloyd, and O’Reilly Appear on Today Show
06/25/12
by gay4soccer
in USWNT
US Women’s National Soccer Team members Christie Rampone, Carli Lloyd, and Heather O’Reilly chatted with NBC Today Show hosts Savannah Guthrie and Natalie Morales about the upcoming Olympics, last year’s World Cup, and motherhood.
But they failed to mention that their Olympics sendoff friendly will be on NBC this Saturday afternoon! Not on NBC Sports, not on Universal Sports, on the National Friggin’ Broadcasting Company. When’s the last time a Women’s International Friendly was aired on broadcast television in the United States, if ever? And they fail to plug it on that very network’s flagship morning show.
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This is especially frustrating with the massive attention NBC is giving Olympics Swimming this week; the Today Show was heavily promoting all-week nightly network coverage of the USA Olympics Swimming trials.
Chivas USA’s Monumental May Builds Up to a So-So June
06/25/12
Before the international break, Chivas USA made headlines more times in two weeks than they probably had in a couple of seasons. It started with their 1-0 defeat of cross-town rivals LA Galaxy. The Goats had not beaten the Galaxy in 14 matchups. I’m not sure that many people would even acknowledge it as a rivalry due to its lopsided nature. However, Chivas USA showed a lot of promise in this season leading up to the matchup, while the Galaxy was sputtering. The Goats were able to convert a PK in the second half and go away with a 1-0 win at home. This type of matchup does wonders for confidence, and helped the team get an important away point at New York Red Bulls just 4 days later, and another point against the Seattle Sounders just after that. I won’t get into the details of their continued tendency to give up goals so soon after taking a lead, as I would just be beating on a dead horse.
Happy Anniversary Title IX: Women’s Sports and so Much More
06/22/12
by gay4soccer
in Issues
Tomorrow is the fortieth anniversary of Title IX becoming law. Who knows where our favorite women’s soccer players would be today without the impact that this legislation has had on scholastic sports?
Major League Soccer is marking the anniversary with this web video, and ESPN released a series of YouTube interviews including Hope Solo, Abby Wambach, and Kristine Lilly.
Timbers Gear Up for an Ugly Derby Matchup With Seattle
06/21/12
by jrodtimbers
in Portland Timbers
This has been the game I have been looking for since the start of the MLS season: the Cascadia Derby between the Portland Timbers and the Seattle Sounders. These two teams have a long history of hating one another; I am hoping that things do not get out of hand and things boil over. However, so much is on the line between these two teams come Sunday. Payback is going to be on the line knowing that both teams are looking for some payback after their awful defeats last weekend. As a Timbers fan there is more on the line that people may not realize.
Pride is always on the line when it comes to these derbies. This game will be played at home and the fans will be going wild. If we win this game we would have some bragging rights going on in the rivalry. Also we would be ahead of Seattle and Vancouver when it comes to the Cascadia Cup. Also it would give us a much needed boost in confidence for our team that we so desperately need as we approach the halfway mark of the MLS season. So those things are on the line when it comes to the team itself.
Crying in the Rain: Really Hard Times in Toronto FC Land
06/21/12
by theverytc
in Toronto FC
It’s been a while since I’ve written…mostly because there hasn’t been much to write here in Toronto FC-land.
The Aron Winter era ended about two weeks ago, and we’re on coach #7 (the one that should have come in about three slots before, if that Scotsman had his way), and we’re on a ship that is headed by someone who clearly wants no further part in the organization (and is awaiting his promotion to another part of the MLSE fiefdom) — let’s just say Euro 2012 has proven to be a welcome distraction.
This of course doesn’t distract us from the recent nightclub outing by three players (thankfully not including any of our three G4S allies) which resulted in some nice mugshots being taken, and the new Paul Mariner era opened with a 2-0 loss away to Sporting Kansas City, where the trademark carelessness cost TFC the early goals on the way to yet another loss.
I’m just at a loss for words as to what else to say…
